Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle has tried five different starting lineups in 13 games
The playing rotation is in flux and probably will remain so at least until Dirk Nowitzki’s return, which now is expected to be mid-December.

“The decisions of who to play, and how much to play them, are wide-ranging,” Carlisle said Wednesday. “You could put names in a hat and pick one of them out and say, ‘Yeah, that guy, we could play him.’ ”